I’ll be presenting at the first animaScapes symposium, at CINANIMA festival 2021. My paper, Animated documentary as collaborative therapy, will be presented on November 8th at the festival in Espinho, Portugal.
Autism and Cinema ScreenTalk
I’ll be at the Barbican on September 25th, hosting a ScreenTalk discussion with director and animator Tim Webb, following a screening of his 1992 short A is for Autism, and the 2016 documentary Life, Animated.
The screening and discussion are taking place as part of the Autism and Cinema season.
Tickets available here: https://www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2021/event/life-animated-pg-screentalk
The Crafty Animator: Handmade, Craft-Based Animation and Cultural Value
I have written a chapter for the new Palgrave Macmillan book The Crafty Animator: Handmade, Craft-Based Animation and Cultural Value.
My chapter, Autobiography and Authenticity in Stop-motion Animation, looks at personal animation based on the animator’s own experiences. It suggests that this work can appear more truthful or authentic through the use of a range of ‘warranting strategies’ and ‘authenticity effects’ including the adoption of an overtly handmade aesthetic. The chapter uses two case studies: Karen Watson’s Daddy’s Little Bit of Dresden China (1998) and Timothy Mercier’s Model Childhood (2017).